Legal Opinion

State v. Graves

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided May 29, 1985No. TC 10-83-04736 CA A30867 SC S31011PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCarson, J.

The issues here are whether an ordinary screwdriver is a burglar’s tool within the meaning of the first degree burglary statute and whether a part of the definition of burglar’s tools incorporated by reference into the first degree burglary statute is impermissibly vague.

Defendant was indicted for burglary in the first degree in violation of ORS 164.225(1)(a) which has the effect of increasing by 15 years the penalty for second degree burglary when a person commits second degree burglary and “in effecting entry or while in a building or in immediate flight therefrom he * * * [i]s armed with a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. RobertsonOregon Supreme Court · 1982
  2. State v. HodgesOregon Supreme Court · 1969
  3. State v. CrouchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  4. State v. WarnerOregon Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Frederick County Fruit Growers' Ass'n v. MarshallDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1977

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. State v. FarrarOregon Supreme Court · 1990
  2. State v. LangleyOregon Supreme Court · 1992
  3. State v. PlowmanOregon Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Delgado v. SoudersOregon Supreme Court · 2002
  5. State v. IsomOregon Supreme Court · 1992

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